Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Using Text
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In the Canvas, the first few characters are selected by default, and are affected by the 
Scale value.
In the Behaviors Inspector, the the Location parameter becomes available.
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Enable Record (press A).
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At the frame where you want to begin the animation, drag the Location slider (or use 
the value slider) to set where the sequence begins.
As you drag the slider, the selection bars move through the text characters. Values less 
than 0 percent select toward the left of the text object (regardless of where the anchor 
point is); values greater than 100 percent select from the beginning of the text object 
toward the right.
When Traversal is set to Custom, 
the Location parameter 
becomes avai lable. Use the 
Location slider to keyframe how 
the sequence moves through 
the text object.
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